human-caused extinction, the term "sixth mass extinction" has occasionally been used for impactful but overlooked prehistoric extinctions. The Capitanian mass extinction at 260 Ma, which may have reached the same magnitude as the "Big Five", is one example.

Extinctions by severity

Extinction events can be tracked by several methods, including geological change, ecological impact, extinction vs. origination (speciation) rates, and most

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